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propriety

英 [prə'praɪətɪ] 美 [prə'praɪəti]

解释

n. 适当；礼节；得体

※ 提供单词"propriety"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

propriety 得体的举止，规范，礼节

来自proper,自己的，适于自己的，合适的，-ety,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。

英文词源

propriety: propriety: see proper
propriety (n.): mid-15c., "proper character, disposition," from Old French proprieté "individuality, peculiarity; property" (12c.), from Latin proprietatem (nominative proprietas) "appropriateness," also "ownership" (see property). Meaning "fitness, appropriateness" is attested from 1610s; sense of "conformity to good manners" is from 1782.

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例句和用法

1. In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety.: 在清一色男性的公司里，可能他的举止确实有失得体。

2. His marriage and family life is a model of propriety.: 他的婚姻和家庭生活都是规规矩矩的。

3. Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.: 没人认为她只身出现在那里不得体。

4. We hesitated at the propriety of the method.: 我们对这种办法是否适用拿不定主意.

5. The sensitive matter was handled with great propriety.: 这件机密的事处理得极为适当.